"Anyway, the students are not being tested on their knowledge of Java. They're being tested on actual computer scientific concepts, such as the object-oriented design model, inheritance and polymorphism included, as well as algorithmic design concepts such as big-oh notation and all that."
This is true,I took the AP CS level AB yesterday and it was starkingly similar to the AP Computer Science level A that i took last year in C++. I'll see if I can elaborate more later, but the above comment really hit it on the mark
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"Anyway, the students are not being tested on their knowledge of Java. They're being tested on actual computer scientific concepts, such as the object-oriented design model, inheritance and polymorphism included, as well as algorithmic design concepts such as big-oh notation and all that."
This is true,I took the AP CS level AB yesterday and it was starkingly similar to the AP Computer Science level A that i took last year in C++. I'll see if I can elaborate more later, but the above comment really hit it on the mark